Villagers in one indigenous community in Malaysia's Sarawak state once lived by an unspoken rule: leave the crocodile be, and it will leave you alone in turn.But for the community's headman, Daniel Muking, that taboo has now been broken, after his son was found dead following a crocodile attack in May 2024."It has eaten my child, so I have every right to kill it," he said.Sarawak on Borneo island has seen a rise in crocodile encounters in recent years as the number of reptiles in the state's rivers rebounded. The crocodile population reached more than 25,000 in 2024 after being nearly wiped…READ FULL ARTICLE
